Chicago, Ill(WSAU) Marlon Byrd homered and drove in three runs as the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-1 this afternoon at Wrigley Field.

Matt Garza went the distance to pick up the win for the Cubs. Randy Wolf gave up 6 earned runs on ten hits in six innings of work to take the loss.

The Brewers magic number remains at 3 pending tonight's game between St. Louis and the New York Mets.

Milwaukee has the day off tomorrow before returning home to face the Florida Marlins over the weekend.